IBM XIV and VMware Synergy with IBM Spectrum Control Base EditionThis IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a brief overview of synergistic aspects between the IBM XIV® Storage System server and various VMware components that are enabled by IBM SpectrumTM Control Base Edition version 2.2.0. The paper shows how easy and straightforward installing, configuring, and using IBM Spectrum ControlTM Base Edition can be to take better advantage of an existing VMware environment, using IBM XIV storage. |
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administrative logical unit click Add click APPLY Click OK Client plug-in Complete the following Control Base Configuration Control Base Edition Control Base server created domain delete depicted in Figure Download Enhancements for VMware Enhancements for vSphere Fibre Channel FlashCopy following steps fully qualified domain high availability group Hosts and Clusters Hypervisor IBM Redbooks IBM Spectrum Control IBM Storage Enhancements IBM XIV Storage icon installed interface International Business Machines mapped metadata OK to confirm Opening Spectrum PAK file qualified domain name server certificate shown in Figure Spectrum Control Base steps to add storage administrator storage array storage container storage credentials Storage Integration Administrator storage pools storage provider storage resource storage service Top 10 XIV trademarks VASA credentials vCenter Operations Manager vCOps server virtual machine VMware administrator VMware environment VMware virtual VMware vSphere Virtual vSphere Virtual Volumes vSphere Web Client VVols datastore workflows XIV GUI XIV Storage System XIV volume